He was not president of a chamber at the Court of Auditors and professor at Sciences Po by chance.
Known for his remarkable report on state reform, Jean Picq once again combines his sense of the common good and his talent as a teacher in an in-depth reflection on our political model.
In
The Republic, the force of an idea
(Les Presses de Sciences Po), he reviews the tumultuous history of the republican pact and analyzes the avenues represented by decentralization, Europe or secularism ...
LE FIGARO How to define the Republic?
Jean PICQ.- For us, the French, it is both a troubled history (it has been proclaimed three times), a heritage that binds us (in particular the great freedoms established by the Third Republic), our Constitution (that of 1958 ), but also a project still to be accomplished which sums up the motto
"Liberty, equality, fraternity".
The Republic, for the citizens that we are, is to believe that what brings us together must be stronger than what divides us.
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